Hoboken police arrest two in street assault on Washington Street

Two men were arrested and charged with simple assault after allegedly punching a Wayne man early Sunday morning, Hoboken police reports said.

Deivis Santiago, 29, of Hamilton Avenue in Fairview, and Michael Emerson, 29, of George Street in Cliffside Park, were charged with simple assault, reports said.

Police were called to Washington and Second streets, where they met a 26-year-old man who said he was walking on Washington Street when two men approached and began punching and kicking him, reports said. The victim was treated at the Hoboken University Medical Center for two black eyes and a laceration under his right eye.

He managed to provide the police with the license plate number of the getaway car, reports said. A short time later, Port Authority police stopped the car, reports said.